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Sub Lt. Rupert Gray MID
British Army Howe Btn. Royal Naval Division
from:Northampton
Rupert Gray was a CPO in the RN before joining the Royal Naval Division as an experienced old hand. He served in the Defence of Antwerp and Gallipoli with the Howe Battalion. During the Gallipoli campaign CPO Gray was MID in October 1915 during a fierce encounter at Worcester Barricade. He was commissioned in the field as a Sub lieutenant and returned to the UK for further training and leave. He rejoined the Howe and participated in the taking of Beaument Hamel on 13/14th November 1916. He was severely wounded and buried alive by an exploding shell. He survived but suffered from neurasthenia (shell shock) and was sent as a special case to Lord Knutsford's Red Cross Hospital in London. He then came to Templeton House Hospital before going on to several other convalescent hospitals, mainly at Silwood Park, Sunningdale and Martineau Hospital, Holyport. He was eventually discharged in August 1918 with traumatic neurasthenia.
Rupert Gray served on HMS Medina during the Dehli Durbar Coronation in 1911 and received the medal and a RN Long Service Medal. No information is available as to his later years and how he was able to cope with his disability. His next of kin was given as Brother 'Thomas' Central Hotel, Wood Street, Northampton.
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